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Comment by quarterto | Hacker News Reader

Wow. So many armchair geologists, both here and in the comments on TFA. Do you really think people haven't already thought of a dozen reasons why GPS beacons/synthetic DNA/blah blah etc wouldn't work?

Should we get some geologists in to comment on your issue tracker and propose solutions for your bugs?

Ninja edit: https://xkcd.com/793/ applies to programmers, too

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Alternately, it can be entertaining and mentally stimulating to brainstorm ideas and then pick apart why they wouldn't work.

It would be one thing if it was a funding pitch based on uninformed proposals but as a forum conversation on a Friday afternoon, it doesn't seem too awful.

Wow, is the snarkiness really necessary? At least by proposing a possible solution here, we increase the chances that a bona fide geologist will come by and tell us why it wouldn't work.

> Do you really think people haven't already thought of a dozen reasons why GPS beacons/synthetic DNA/blah blah etc wouldn't work?

Yes.

> Should we get some geologists in to comment on your issue tracker and propose solutions for your bugs?

Yes. And if they're wrong? So what? Is that bad?